Sunday 19 May 2019

RHS Chelsea Flower Show - Royal Attendance (2011-Present)

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2014 - 14320310725
 "Spice Isle", Grenada-Suzanne Gaywood Exhibit
Karen Roe, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons


The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is a five-day garden show held in May by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). The show is held on the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in London.

The Royals attend each year on the preview day (Monday) before the show officially starts. Extended family is not usually listed. 

King Charles III's Reign
King Charles took over the Patronage of the Royal Horticultural Society in May 2024.
                                                                      
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King CharlesX---
Queen CamillaX---
Prince William 

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Princess KateX
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Beatrice & EdoX
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Eugenie & Jack

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Edward & Sophie

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Anne & Tim

---
Duke & Duchess
of Gloucester
X---
Duke of Kent

---
Prince & Princess Michael of KentX---
Princess AlexandraX
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-
---
-

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Total106---
Notes: 
2024: King Charles’s 1st year attending as Patron.
Queen Elizabeth II’s Reign
(Charts show 2011-Present)

Queen Elizabeth II, as Patron of the Royal Horticultural Society, attended almost every year.

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Queen ElizabethX*
X
PhilipX


dead
Charles


*

Camilla


*

William 

X


KateX
X


Andrew
X


Beatrice & Edo
Just
Beatrice


X
Eugenie & JackX




Edward & SophieX
Just
Sophie
X*X
Anne & Tim
X
Just AnneX
Duke & Duchess
of Gloucester
X*X
Duke of KentX



X
Prince & Princess
Michael of Kent
X
XJust Princess
(Pr. M Canceled)
Princess AlexandraX*X
Total1311129910

Notes: 
  • 2019: The Cambridge children visited the Back to Nature Garden, co-designed by Duchess Kate, on the Sunday before the Show. 
  • 2020: Canceled due to the Coronavirus. Those marked with * participated in the Virtual Flower Show. 
  • 2021: Postponed to September, due to pandemic. Extended an extra day to make things less crowded. 
  • 2022: Queen drove around in golf buggy for the first time at the show due to mobility issues. Prince Michael of Kent canceled due to unknown reason.

          
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Queen ElizabethX
PhilipX
Charles

X
X
CamillaX
X
X
William 




X
Kate




X
Harry

X
X
AndrewX

X
Beatrice X
X
X
Eugenie & Jack




X
Edward & SophieX
X
Anne & Tim
X

Just
Anne
X
Duke & Duchess
of Gloucester
X
Just
Duchess
X
Duke of KentX



Prince & Princess
Michael of Kent
XJust
Princess?

X
Princess AlexandraX
X
Total13121261316

Notes: 
  • 2013: 100th Anniversary of RHS Chelsea Flower Show
  • 2016: Queen’s 90th Birthday


2 comments:

  1. How do they decide the dates for the flower show?

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    1. It is always the same time each year, in late May.

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